City leaders couldn't be happier with the hotel's new owner, who has been chasing his American Dream in the Roanoke Valley for more than 17 years now.

A day before its grand re-opening in January, a fire broke out at the hotel. It ended up destroying 81 rooms and nearly the spirit of the man who had sunk hundreds of thousands of dollars into it, Ssunny Shah.

"It was scary, very scary… we didn't know what to do," said Shah.

Now, five months later and the first generation American is so excited, he's having trouble sleeping.

"I was awake until 2 o'clock worried about how we're going to handle all of this tomorrow morning," said Shah.

That's because of the excitement of opening another hotel, Shah's … Read the rest